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Fulfilling the boundless promise exhibited in her debut effort, The Virgin Suicides, director Sofia Coppola crafts a sublime love letter to both Tokyo and transitory friendship with her newest film, Lost in Translation. Hollywood star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) has been shipped off to Japan to hawk Suntory whiskey to the natives. There he encounters Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), the beautiful wife of a photographer who spends much of her day staring out her window in hopes of somehow finding herself within the city’s skyline. The pair are soon discovering Tokyo culture and a profundity in their friendship...
Pieces of April, a low-budget family dramedy starring Katie Holmes of “Dawson’s Creek,” imagines the family life of that high school loner who was always up to no good in chemistry class. But Peter Hedges’ directorial debut, baptized in Hedge’s golden screenwriting touch (already used to the benefit of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? and About a Boy), humanizes this outcast by burrowing into the life of the character brushed past in high school hallways, endowing her with a family and catching...
Filmed on an economical grainy digital film over 16 days on a budget of less than $4 million, Pieces of April showcases homegrown storytelling at its best and marks a strong directorial debut by Peter Hedges. A crowd favorite at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, the film is not likely to be a box office success, but as Hedges remarked during a publicity session following a special Sept. 28 showing of the film at Loews Boston Common, his film does not target a specific demographic like more commercial flicks. With this film, Hedges said he aimed to create a story...
Recent buzz band The Stills serve up a compelling but unremarkable slice of modern rock on their debut full-length, following recent albums from bands (Pretty Girls Make Graves, Interpol) paying obvious homage to the 80s post-punk...
...from monotony—without memorable hooks, the songs are unspectacular, and the throbbing, annoyingly persistent bass longs for a change of pace. As another entry in a growing aesthetic of modern rock, this album holds its ground, but in no way is it destined to become a classic debut. —Christopher A. Kukstis